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step. Another popular dance is the beseda, a collection of mazurkas, polkas, and waltzes arranged accordingly to local tradition and performed at festivals. And melodies like the koledy, dudy and tamburash, sung at Christmas, New Year, and Eastern. Czech Americans celebrate Christmas on December 24 with a ceremonial dinner. Domestic culture revolves around the family and this takes precedence over social life. Roles are clearly defined, men as the breadwinner and practical tasks, while…

Birthdays in Different Societies In the dystopian novel The Giver, by Lois Lowry, Jonas’s society celebrates birthdays both similarly and differently from the current American society. First, both societies acknowledge birthdays, but the way they are acknowledged is different. In Jonas’s society, birthdays are done in one mass celebration. Until age twelve, the celebrations are done over two days in December. Also, in The Giver, birthdays are only celebrated for twelve years. After the Ceremony…

Black Friday is an excellent time to save money and have an excuse to spend! While it’s a joyous and exciting time for the consumers, it can be a stressful hectic time for the employees. Unfortunately employees sometimes have to come to work on Thanksgiving day. Thanksgiving day is a very profitable day of the year for stores. In fact in 2010 November/December retailers made around 50% of their years profits (CNN Money). With that being said, it’s a great time for retailers to make money and…

Inside, the cafe had died down and Paco was wishing the whole thing would rapidly hurry up. His body was aching and he felt like he was inside a overheated sauna. He unzipped his Nike overall to let in warmish air from the cafes low budget fans, his overalls were heavily soaked for just sitting down. “Is that a wiretap motherfucker?” Sugar said, looking at the small black wire sticking out from the bottom of Paco's dampened overalls. “No,” Paco said, still relishing the fact he didn't take a hit…

Being an American can mean different things to many people. Being an American to me means to be able to celebrate many holidays with our loved ones. Some examples of these holidays are The 4th of July, Halloween, and Christmas. Families and other countries celebrate most of these holidays, although in diverse ways. Celebrating holidays is what I think makes us Americans. Did you know The 4th of July is only an American holiday? On this day the thirteen colonies claimed their independence…

The first-ever Nickelodeon’s HALO Hall of Fame Awards will be given to none other than, Justin Bieber! The recognition honours celebrity who helps and leads others by making the world a better place. The 21-year-old star will be recognized for his works at Make-A-Wish foundation to grant the wishes of children with serious conditions. Also, the all out support he’s giving to Pencils of Promise, an organization that works to build schools in the developing world. According to Variety, Nick…

Can’t believe Thursday is thanksgiving wow, well this is going to be our first thanksgiving with out my daddy with us to celebrate it with us but I know he is up there celebrate it with us in Spirit with all of us . You know everyone ask o what are you thankful you know what I’m thankful for be with my dad for almost 21 years of my left that’s what I’m thankful and having my mommy here with us can’t lose her yet not for a very long time I already lost my best friend can’t lose her, anyway be…

Informative-7 When school gets cancelled there are many things students can do on their day off that are educational. One thing students can do on a day off, is shovel their driveway as well as an elderly neighbor's driveway(). This shows students responsibility and gives them a possible job opportunity. An activity that younger students can do is act out a familiar winter story such as the Polar Express(). They can build their own train station with the living room furniture and design their…

Do you know how it feels to be with the loved one, the person that makes you happy and secure by the fire warm? Cahn has done a good job putting his thoughts in this song saying that, even though there is a snow storm outside, and there is no place to go, as long as you’re with the person that you love it’s going to be fine. Cahn started with the first device, Personification. “Oh the weather outside is frightful…” (1;1), he uses personification here saying that there are too many snow…

Goodness of the Grinch What is true goodness? Are you born with it, or do you have to change yourself to be good? How much is related to the environment that surrounds you? An example of refinding goodness is the story of the Grinch. He started off as a good “person,” later changed when he had had enough of the teasing just because of how he looked, and later managed to rediscover the good he had in him from the beginning. This is his story. In the beginning of the Grinch’s story, he…